Well 9 years ago today, this movie hit the cinemas in the UK. The movie is an Action Thriller in-which we see a 15 year old girl called Hanna (played by Saoise Ronan) being trained in the arts of hand to hand combat, in the knowledge that she will one day be "Ready".
So her father Erik (played by Eric Bana), is an ex C.I.A. Agent, that has taken himself off the grid when Hanna was just a baby. He sets up in the wilderness of Finland, where nobody will ever find him or Hanna, and he is able to bring up his daughter and set her on a program. Hanna's program as she grows up is to be able to survive! So Erik teaches Hanna all the skills that she needs to be that trained assassin. One that will one day track and attempt to eliminate Marissa Wiegler (played by Cate Blanchett), who is also a C.I.A. agent. She used to work alongside Erik before Hanna was born. Hanna is aware of the objective and trains hard, becomes fluent in many languages, has great strength, stamina and becomes very intelligent, not only with the arts of combat, but also academically. She is aware of facts and how the world actually works, but without ever seeing another human other that Erik. When Hanna gets home from a hunt, Erik gives here a tracking beacon, which will alert the C.I.A. of their location. Erik says to Hanna "when you are ready, just press this switch and they will come". By them he means the C.I.A. and Marissa in particular. As Hanna is sure she is ready, she flicks the switch! The plan is now active and sure enough "they come".
So why does Erik want Hanna to kill Marissa? Well, as the story unfolds all the secrets of Hanna's mother do come out. Does the innocent looking deadly assassin complete what Erik has trained her for? Why does the C.I.A. want Hanna?
I do like this movie and the concept of the trained teenage assassin works very well. In parts the action is slower, but it needs to be to allow you to take in the story-line and how it is unfolding. In other parts it is much faster, with good fight scenes.
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